Professional services automation can radically transform the potential of your organization. By tapping into the power of workflow automation solutions, you can accelerate critical business processes and reduce the need for team members to complete tedious and repetitive tasks. If you want to get more done with less, workflow automation is the answer. For a professional service business, ensuring your workforce spends as much time as possible on client-facing tasks is critical to success.

As I write this blog on IT service management (ITSM) predictions for 2022, I’m not entirely sure where 2021 disappeared to. 2021 went very much the way of 2020 for many IT organizations. However, it did see the replacement of 2020’s need to rapidly move employees to homeworking (and changing IT services and support capabilities to reflect new ways of working) with the need to return some employees to office-based working.

As 2021 has now come to a close, we would like to take the opportunity to provide you with an overview of some of the key new features that were recently released during the final quarter of 2021. As an organisation, we would like to thank all of those who have provided feedback and suggestions for new features. We have and continue to take into account our clients ideas, in addition to our pool of thoughts internally. Overall, we’re making sure everything you need is all in one place.

To drive better engagement and truly transform customer experience (CX), it's critical to make as much helpful—and current—data-driven information available via self-service. Determining where you are, today, and developing a strategy for advancement can be greatly assisted with the help of an experienced partner. Especially one who can share—and amplify—your vision.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled It’s Time to Get Rid of the IT Department. It’s paywalled, so those without a subscription might not be able to read it, but the gist of it is this: IT departments are the lumbering remnants of a bygone era, and as such should be put out to pasture.

How much do you know about building relationships with clients? In this guide, we are going to break down all you need to know about building relationships with clients. If you are exploring ways to increase customer retention and reduce churn, this is the perfect guide for you. Let’s dive straight into some practical tips on how to build strong and fruitful relationships with clients.

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Enterprise service management - whether in its pure form or supporting digital transformation strategies - is still one of the hottest IT service management (ITSM) or service management trends.

Coppel, one of the leading department stores in Mexico, has been awarded Best Service Desk Improvement Project at the 2021 IT Service & Support Awards LATAM. The Service Desk Institute's IT Service & Support Awards seek to highlight the achievements of IT organizations as well as leaders working in the Digital Service Management and Technical Support industry.